by admin | Sep 16, 2022 | News
Back for its seventh edition, registrations for Gamer.LK’s Inter-University Esports Championship (IUEC) 2022 powered by SLT-MOBITEL will be held entirely online, allowing students from any university or local education institute in Sri Lanka to compete in what is considered one of the biggest sporting events in the country.
The event features 18 of Sri Lanka’s favorite video game titles spanning mobile, PC and console. University students from across the country will be able to participate. The featured titles are:
Team Titles
- Arena of Valor – Mobile 5v5
- Call of Duty 4- PC 5v5
- Call of Duty Mobile – Mobile 5v5
- Dota 2 – PC 5v5
- League of Legends – PC 5v5
- Mobile Legends – Mobile 5v5
- Rainbow 6 – PC 5v5
- Valorant – PC 5v5
Individual Titles
- Assetto Corsa (Racing) – PC
- Call of Duty Mobile – Mobile BR
- Call of Duty Warzone – PC Solo/BR
- Clash Royale – Mobile 1v1
- FIFA 21 – PS4/PS5 1v1
- Free Fire – Mobile Solo/BR
- Mario Kart Tour (Racing) – Mobile
- PUBG MOBILE – Mobile Solo/BR
- Real Cricket – Mobile 1v1
- Rocket League – PC 1v1
PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE INTER-UNIVERSITY ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP:
2021 – University of Moratuwa (UoM)
2020 – National School of Business Management (NSBM)
2019 – Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT)
2018 – Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
2017 – International College of Business & Technology (ICBT)
2016 – Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT)
TOP 5 FROM THE 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP:
| University |
Gold Medals |
Silver Medals |
Bronze Medals |
| University of Moratuwa |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| National School of Business Management (NSBM) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| General Sir John Kothalawala Defence University |
1 |
1 |
2 |
In 2020, the Championship first moved to a completely online setting and has continued online ever since and the results showed a significant increase in the popularity of Esports throughout the country on a varsity level.
With Sri Lanka on lockdown and physical events canceled, Esports is stronger than ever owing to its remote accessibility. Esports has already seen a surge in involvement and interest in Sri Lanka, in line with the social distance required to negate COVID-19’s spread, which explains why the growth was so exponential in a year where nothing else happened in a competitive or physical game-related environment.
Image from the Grand Finals of the 2019 Championship held at Stein Studios, Ratmalana
The Inter-University Esports Championship set a new benchmark for university-level sporting events in Sri Lanka each year and last year had 50+ universities taking part and over 1100 participants registered for the event. This was a trending topic for the period of game week as the cumulative social media reach for the coverage of the event reached about 2.1 million. These are statistics that could stand toe-to-toe with sports like cricket and rugby, which are historically popular sports in the country. It also shows a growing interest that is in line with the global attitude towards gaming and its consideration as a sport.
This year’s Championship is powered by SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT Solutions Provider who comes onboard as the title partner. SLT-MOBITEL has been at the forefront of empowering digital entertainment and Esports in Sri Lanka with product offerings catering to gamers in the country.
ViewSonic Gaming is the Official Gaming Monitor of this year’s Championship. ViewSonic, a world-renowned brand with a stellar reputation in the consumer, business and professional monitor markets has introduced its gaming product line; ViewSonic Gaming to Sri Lanka catering to both casual gamers and hardcore Esports athletes alike.
Registrations for the Championship are completely free of charge and open on the InGame Esports platform at https://ingame.gg/event/inter-university-esports-championship-22. Universities are signing up for the tournament that will commence on the 30th of September 2022.
Registrations close on the 23rd of September 2022.
More information about the Championship can be found at https://university.gamer.lk.
by admin | Sep 9, 2022 | Esports News Sinhala, News
Sri Lanka Esports සංගමය (SLESA) විසින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන දිස්ත්‍රික් මට්ටමේ Free Fire තරඟාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරඟය සැප්තැම්බර් 10 සහ 11 දිනවල දී පැවැත්වීමට සියලු කටයුතු සුදානම්. මෙරට සිටින හොඳම Free Fire ක්‍රීඩකයෝ රැසක්, රුපියල් මිලියනයේ දැවැන්ත තෑගී මුදලේ කොටසක් දිනාගන්න මේ දිනවල පුහුනුවෙමින් සිටිනවා.
මෙතෙක් ලංකාවේ තිබුණු ලොකුම Free Fire තරඟාවලියේ කිරුළු පළඳින වැඩ්ඩො කවුද? මෙන්න අපේ අනාවැකිය.
දිස්ත්‍රික් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ අදියරේ මෙන්ම අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ දී BROTHERHOOD කණ්ඩායම එතරම් කැපී පෙනෙන තරඟයක් පෙන්නුම් නොකර ද ඔවුන් හට අවසන් මහා තරඟය සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට හැකි වුනේ BOH xDream ක්‍රීඩකයා ගේ දක්ෂතා මතයි. තරඟාවලියේ වැඩිම eliminations ප්‍රමාණයක් වන 250ක් ලබා ඇති මෙම කණ්ඩායම ඉතා ආක්‍රමණශීලී තරඟ විලාසයක් පෙන්නුම් කරයි.
මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය නියෝජනය කරන මෙම කණ්ඩායම දිස්ත්‍රික් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ අදියරේ සහ අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ තරග සියල්ල ඉතා පහසුවෙන් පසු කරමින් අවසන් මහා තරඟයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත. කෙසේ වෙතත්, තරඟාවලියේ වැඩිම Booyah සංඛ්‍යාවක් (10) ඔවුන් ලබා ගෙන ඇති නමුත් ඔවුන් සිටින්නේ BROTHERHOOD හි elimination සංඛ්‍යාවට වඩා elimination 100ක් පමණ පසු පසින්ය. ඔවුන් සත්‍ය වශයෙන්ම දක්ෂතා පෙන්නුම් කරනවද, උපක්‍රමශීලීද, නැතහොත් වාසනාව නිසා ඔවුන් මෙතෙක් දුර ඇවිත් ඇතිද යන ප්‍රශ්නය ඔබටද නැඟෙනු ඇත.
දුර්වල තැනකින් පටන්ගෙන විශිෂ්ට දස්කම් අතරට එන කණ්ඩායම් අතලොස්සක් අතර මේ කණ්ඩායම විශේෂයි. එහිදී දකුණු ආසියානු කලාපයේ හොඳම Sniper ලෙසට සහ තරඟාවලියේ මේ වන විට කැපී පෙනෙන දස්කම් පෙන්වන ක්‍රීඩකයෙක් වන “Josh!!” විශේෂයන් සඳහන් කල යුතුයි. මෙම කණ්ඩායම දිස්ත්‍රික් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ අදියරේ සහ අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ තරඟ වලදී මදක් මන්දගාමී තරඟයක් පෙන්නුම් කර නමුත් අවසන් මහා තරඟයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත. කණ්ඩායම සමබර තරඟ විලාසයක් සමග අවසන් මහා තරඟයට එළඹ එය ජය ගතහොත් ඔවුන් ට එම ජයග්‍රහණය බොහෝ සෙයින් සතුටක් ගෙන එනු ඇත.
මෙම කණ්ඩායම SLESA හි ජාතික ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම්වල 1 වන ස්ථානයේ රැඳී සිටින අතර තරඟාවලියේ දෙවන විශාලතම කණ්ඩායම් elimination සංඛ්‍යාව (227) ලබා මේ දක්වා තරගාවලියේ වැඩිම point සංඛ්‍යාව (422) ලබාගෙන ඇත. දැඩි ආත්ම විශ්වාසයක් තබාගෙන ක්‍රීඩා කරන බවක් පෙන්වන මෙම කණ්ඩායම ඉතා දක්ෂ ලෙස දිස්ත්‍රික් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ අදියරේ සහ අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ තරඟ සියල්ල පහසුවෙන් පසු කර ඇත. කණ්ඩායමේ xShanYT සහ xDemon ශූරතාවලියේ elimination 126ක් සමග සමස්ත තරඟාවලියේ ප්‍රමුඛතම ක්‍රීඩකයන් පස් දෙනා අතර ද සිටි. ක්‍රීඩා විලාශය, අත් දැකීම් සහ කුසලතා සියල්ල සැලකු විට ශූරතාවලිය මෙම කණ්ඩායම ලබා ගැනීමේ වැඩි හැකියාවක් තිබෙන බවට අපට සිතෙන්නේ එම නිසාය.
by admin | Sep 9, 2022 | News
The finals for the district-level Free Fire tournament organised by the Sri Lanka Esports Association is happening on the 10th and 11th of September and many of the top Free Fire players in the country are gunning for the staggering prize pool of Rs. 1 million that’s up for grabs.
Here’s our predictions on who’s going to win:
BROTHERHOOD has been struggling through the district qualifier semis and finals but thanks to the help of their ace player BOH xDream, they’ve made it to the finals. Do you think he and his team have what it takes to become champions? This team has the highest team kill eliminations in the championship to date, with 250 elims to their name, making them the most aggressive team in the championship which is not necessarily a good thing…
This team representing Batticaloa has been steam rolling through the district qualifiers, semis and now they’re here at the finals. With the most number of Booyahs (10), they’re been riding on that winning momentum all the way into the finals. What’s strange is they’re about a 100 eliminations less than BROTHERHOOD, which makes you think, are they really doing the hard work to secure the win? Or are they just getting lucky with easy competition?
Everybody loves an underdog story and these guys are the true epitome of a dark horse. They have the second best star performer of the Championship in their team, “OhhmyJosh!!”. He is considered one of the best snipers in the South Asian region and has had breakthrough performances in both the district qualifiers finals and Day 2 of the semi finals, securing a place for his team in the grand finale with 20+ eliminations in both games. The team has a solid and balanced approach but they’ve struggled on the road to the finals. Perhaps that’s what would make the winning so much more satisfying if they get through this final hurdle.
Ranked #1 in SLESA’s national rankings, second most team eliminations in the Championship (227) and securing the most points in the tournament so far (422), these guys know what they’re doing. xShanYT and xDemon are considered as two of the top 5 players of this Championship and together they have racked up about 126 eliminations, which is higher than some teams’ totals. Stats-wise, experience-wise, skills-wise they seem to have it all which is why they are our no. 1 prediction to win the grand finale.
by admin | Jul 2, 2022 | News
Gamer.LK has been named one of 2022’s Great Places to Work, by the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place to Work (GPTW) making it Sri Lanka’s first Esports company to receive such certification. Gamer.LK has risen rapidly to become one of South Asia’s best Esports organisations, owing much of its success to a flourishing workplace.
Earning the ‘Great Place to Work’ title involves deep analysis by the GPTW team on a company’s workplace culture, management and employees’ mindsets after which a company is scored on its ‘Trust Index’ and awarded the title. The Gamer.LK team’s shared passion for Esports and gaming culture has created an atmosphere of fluid communication and infectious enthusiasm which is evident with Gamer.LK receiving over 90% on the Great Place to Work Trust Index.
“We at InGame Esports & Gamer.LK have always had a work culture quite unlike any other. A company built by gamers, we’ve found the perfect balance between work and play – where the lines often blur in the best ways possible! We felt it was important to maintain this fantastic work culture as we went head-on into our growth stage, and engaging with Great Place to Work helps us with that goal” said Raveen Wijayatilake, CEO of InGame Esports & Gamer.LK
In filling a niche as an Esports ecosystem builder, Gamer.LK has grown quickly and immensely. Since the beginning of 2021, the operation has more than quadrupled in size and now consists of 21 employees. Getting the best out of each uniquely skilled member of the Gamer.LK team has been made possible by prioritising a company culture fitting the unique gamer mindset of each employee. InGame does dynamic and fulfilling work while allowing employees to work entirely remotely.
This level of trust and accountability is part of Gamer.LK’s core. Through a passionate and dedicated team of enthusiasts, Gamer.LK has put together some of the biggest gaming tournaments and events in South Asia and has redefined how brands communicate to young people through gaming-related content. Alignment of work and passion, enriched by a team that supports each other to the fullest, has made Gamer.LK a Great Place to Work.
The Great Place to Work which originates from the USA, has taken its mission of helping every place become a great place to work for, all around the globe. They are the world’s foremost assessor of high-trust and high-performance workplace cultures and are Fortune magazine’s consultants when creating their list of the ‘100 best companies to work for.’
by admin | Jun 29, 2022 | News
The 4th edition of the annual Women’s Cyber Games (WCG) event, conceptualised and executed by Sri Lanka’s premier Esports company, Gamer.LK, came to a close recently. The multi-title Esports tournament which began in 2019, is held each year and dedicated towards empowering the female Esports athletes in the country allowing them to showcase their skills in the competitive field of Esports.
Over 300 female gamers from varying social backgrounds across the island signed up for this year’s event which was held entirely online, allowing participants to play remotely from the comfort of their homes. Esports is known as the fastest-growing sport in the country and an officially recognised sport in Sri Lanka by the Ministry of Sports.
“With Esports positioned to be one of the biggest sports in Sri Lanka, we at Gamer.LK want to ensure equal opportunity for all athletes to excel in the sport, regardless of gender. The performances & passion that participants showed at the Women’s Cyber Games was remarkable, and a testament to the skill level of Sri Lankan women Esports athletes” said Raveen Wijayatilake, CEO of Gamer.LK.
The Women’s Cyber Games championship was played over a month of exciting matches across 13 game titles. Tech Morph Frost Fairies captained by Gimhani ‘Tiana’ Thashmila came out on top in Mobile Legends while ZEGG.FE captained by Sumuduni ‘MeduZa’ Shashikala was victorious in Valorant, which were the two team titles held this year.
In the solo titles, Kaumini ‘PiK4CHU’ Gunasinghe took the spotlight as she emerged victorious in multiple game titles; Real Cricket, Valorant free-for-all and Counter Strike Global Offensive. Zahra Thajudeen got the best of her opponents emerging the champion of 1v1 Dota 2, while Sajitha ‘PurpleCat’ Samarakoon emerged the victor in 1v1 League of Legends. Nadeeshani ‘FoXy’ Jayasinghe (Clash Royale), Tharushi ‘Miss_Detective’ Liyanage (Call of Duty free-for-all), Madushika ‘BlackSpirit247’ Amarasekara (Mario Kart Tour 1v1), Daariya ‘STORM DARIYA’ Azim (Call of Duty Mobile) and Shamen ‘WEDxSATANIC’ Edward (PUBG Mobile) emerged champions in each of their respective game titles.
Gamer.LK has more exciting plans ahead for larger, mass-audience Esports events scheduled across the year. Esports in Sri Lanka has been the most resilient, successful and fastest growing sport, amidst a global pandemic.
by admin | Jun 20, 2022 | News
Perera and Sons in partnership with Gamer.LK launched the second edition of its Esports championships, the PUBG Mobile P&S Series and the P&S Free Fire Contenders. With a prize pool of Rs. 200,000, the tournament brought together over 500 teams for competing in the event.
Sri Lanka’s top 16 PUBG Mobile teams made their way to the Grand Finals of the PUBG Mobile P&S Series where they challenged each other in a six map encounter. “Opex Lanka” emerged victorious with a 35-point lead over “Maximum Esports Hitxerbiv” which came in second place. Team “Wolfgang Esports Bullet Track” finished in third place. Team Opex Lanka was represented by Opx Legend, LND Dila, OPX Tauter, OPX Jay and RN PODDS SIR.
The P&S Free Fire Contenders saw the top 12 Free Fire teams in the country make it to the Grand Finals across six maps in a battle to the finish. “Alpha Esports HOB” were crowned the Champions with a 43-point lead over “Maximum Esports Brotherhood”. “Team Noob Alliance NEGU SL” was placed third at the event. Alpha Esports HOB were represented by Sachintha “HB Kalu 98” Kalana, Ishara “HB 9inch” Chandunu, Oshada “HB OSAA” Adithya, Hirusha “HB NICKY” De Silva and Dulana “XPOLA” Nuwanjith.
Both championships were officially endorsed by the Sri Lanka Esports Association and the results contributed to the national player rankings. These rankings not only earn fame locally but also open up opportunities to be enlisted for national Esports team roster consideration.
Both tournaments were well received by the community, generating a massive social reach of over 1.5 million as fans and Esports enthusiasts rallied behind their favourite teams cheering them on to victory.
Perera and Sons has been a household brand for over a century, bringing people together through its meals. Identifying the rapid growth of Esports with an exponential number of players entering what is widely regarded as Sri Lanka’s “fastest-growing sport”, Perera and Sons partnered with Gamer.LK in 2019 and stepped into the fray. The partnership aimed to amplify local Esports culture with two massive online championships featuring popular Esports titles along with various Esports activities and engagements. Perera and Sons aim to continue its foray into Esports with new and exciting opportunities in the future.
